Generation, Entrapment and Seepage: Dynamics of Petroleum Systems
Who should attend:
Geophysicists, geochemists, geologists and petroleum engineers involved in integrated exploration projects
Overview:
This course is designed to provide an overview of the dynamic processes involved in the generation, migration and entrapment of hydrocarbons.
Understanding of petroleum system dynamics is a key part of play and prospect risk management and involves an understanding of the processes of hydrocarbon generation, migration, entrapment, leakage and seepage. A multi-disciplinary workflow will be emphasised, drawing on direct and indirect observation of hydrocarbon occurrence, both surface and subsurface. Use of the results of modelling of subsurface hydrocarbon generation and movement will be incorporated.
This course will be run as a workshop using real datasets.
Contents:
- The Petroleum System
- Generation: Biogenic and Thermogenic
- Migration: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
- Creation of seals: Fracturing and leaky systems.
- Evolving hydrocarbon fluids: compositional/physical changes
- Surface hydrocarbons
- Physical and biological manifestation of seepage
- Remote sensing detection
- Surface geochemistry
- Subsurface detection
- Seismic character of DHIs
- Modelling
- Geochemical modelling of petroleum systems
- Integrated exploration workflows